Ephesians

¹You were dead in transgressions and sins, ²and this was your lifestyle according to the age¹⁹³⁴ of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience. ³We used to live among them and we used to live in self-indulgence, doing the desires of the {fallen} flesh and mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. ⁴But God who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love by which he loved us, ⁵even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved! ⁶God¹⁹³⁵ raised us up with him, and granted us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷so that in the ages to come, he might show the overflowing treasure of his grace in kindness toward us, in Christ Jesus. ⁸Yes, by grace you have been saved through faith, and not by yourselves. It is the gift of God, ⁹not of works, so that no one would boast. ¹⁰For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance so that we should walk in them.

Reconciled with God—Members of God’s household

¹¹Therefore, remember that you, formerly Gentiles in the flesh who are called “uncircumcision” by what is called “circumcision” (in the flesh, made by hands)—¹²that you used to be separated from Christ. You were alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. ¹³But now, in Christ Jesus, you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood of Christ. ¹⁴He is our peace, he who made both [groups to be] one and tore down the wall of separation.^{1936 15}He abolished in his flesh the enmity which is the law of commandments with its decrees, so that he might create in himself one new humanity instead of two, making peace. ¹⁶He reconciled both [groups] to God in one body, through the cross, by which he destroyed that enmity. ¹⁷He came and preached peace to you who were far off and also to those who were near. ¹⁸Through him, we both have access to the Father in one Spirit. ¹⁹And so, you are no longer strangers and foreigners! Instead, [you are] fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household, ²⁰being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Jesus Christ himself is the chief cornerstone, ²¹in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord. ²²In him, you too are built up into a dwelling place of God in [the] Spirit.¹⁹³⁷

Paul’s commission and prayer

1934. Or “ways, course, mode of existence” (Greek kata. to.n aivw/na tou/ ko,smou)
1935. Greek “he”
1936. Compare John 10:16
1937. Or “in spirit” (i.e. ‘in the spiritual realm’)